Sterilizer



Dec. 28, 1948. J. J. scANDURA I 2,457,500

s-TERILIZER y F11-ed April :50, 1945 Patented Dec. 28, 1948 UNITED ,STATES PATENT OFFICE S'TERILIZER.

John J. Scandura, Roslindale, Mass.

Application April 30, 1945, Serial No. 591,201

1 Claim.

My invention relates to sterilizing apparatus, and particularly to apparatus of this character for use in sterilizing barbers implements.

I am aware that certain basic features in such apparatus is well known in the art, but my invention comprises features that I believe to be new.

An object of my invention is to provide a sterilizer which is not dependent on means for heating uids for antiseptic eciency.

A second object is to provide a sterilizer of this character which is adapted for individual use.

Other objects and advantages of my invention will appear in the accompanying specification and claim.

My invention consists in the novel construction and operation of the device, which enables the individual barber to have within reach, his own sterilizer, in which razors, shears, combs and clippers may at all times be kept sterile and removed or replaced with facility.

In the accompanying specification and claim and the drawings forming a part thereof, I have described and illustrated a preferred embodiment of my invention.

In the drawings,

Fig. l is a sectional elevation, substantially on line I-I, Fig. 4, also indicating instruments to be sterilized.

Fig. 2 is a similar sectional fragment showing a comb entirely immersed in antiseptic liquid.

Fig. 3 is an elevation partially in section showing razor and shears immersed, together with end view of clippers projecting from pocket.

Fig. 4 is a plan of the sterilizer, the implements being omitted.

In the drawings,

I is a container for antiseptic liquid. Within this container is a tubular chamber Il which is open at the top and attached under and depending from a cover II for the container I0 and has four perforated walls I2, a bottom 2 and a slot 3 in one side.

By means of the wall I4, a pocket is formed within the container, having an opening I6 through one wall of the container I0.

The top of the container is partially covered by the cap Il, having openings I8, I9 therethrough. The container is lled with antiseptic liquid 20, having free access to the chamber II, but being excluded from the pocket I5, the purpose of which will be presently explained. The

chamber Il' extends from top to bottom of the container, and yieldingly supported therein by a spring 2| on its bottom 2 is a platform 22 part of which extends through the slot 3 slidably relative thereto and adapted to support a plurality of combs A, which may be inserted through the opening 23 at the top of chamber II.

When so inserted, the upper end of each comb projects above the top of the container, the greater portion being immersed in the antiseptic liquid, having access through the perforations 24, in the walls I2,. I 3. Rigid with the platform is a rod 25, extending upwardly through a guide hole 4 in the cap I'I, and provided at its upper end with a knob 26. With the combs supported at the bottom ends by the platform 22, the knob is pressed downwardly, operating to depress the platform against the reaction of the spring 2I, lowering the combs below the surface of the antiseptic liquid. A notch 2I formed on the knob 26 engages the edge of the guide hole 4 in the cap Il to retain the platform in depressed position, when the combs are entirely immersed. When a comb is to be removed, the knob 25 is released from engagement with the cap I'I, and the action of the spring 2| operates to lift the combs above the cap to expose the upper ends.

In the bottom of the pocket I5 is a pad 28, saturated with antiseptic oil, and the clippers B are inserted through the opening I6 to bear on the pad. Razors C are supported along the upper inner edges 29, 30, 3|, of the container, the blades being immersed in the antiseptic liquid. The blades of the shears D inserted in the openings I8, I9 in the cap, are immersed in the antiseptic liquid, the openings being formed to'engage the shears near the shear pivot.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

A sterilizer for barbers implements comprising in combination a container for antiseptic liquid v open at the top, a cover for said chamber having a guide hole in the top, and provided with a depending tubular member open at the top and closed at the bottom and having a slot on one side and a platform slidable vertically in said tubular member and having a part thereof extending through said slot, a spring bearing on the bottom of the tubular member and on the underside of the platform and normally tending to push said platform upward, a rod secured to the part of the platform which extends through the slot, said rod extending upwardly through the guide hole in the cover and having a notch therein at a point to engage the cover at the edge of the guide hole when the platform is in lowest position and retaining the implements thereon immersed in the liquid until the notch is disengaged from the cover.

JOHN J. vSCANDURA.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 612,361 Miranda Oct. 25, 1898 1,849,204 Roberts Mar. 15, 1932 2,327,721 Konucik Aug. 24, 1943 

